Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
The volcano that blew its top in 1980
The still-recovering blast zone of the 1980 eruption that erased 1,300 feet of mountain in minutes — a gaping crater, a steaming lava dome, and a landscape relearning how to live. Johnston Ridge stares straight into the crater.
What to see
- Johnston Ridge Observatory
- The crater & lava dome
- Ape Cave lava tube
- Spirit Lake
- Harmony Trail
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